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Some Gaming Updates

I have played a lot of games since I last posted about them, and I feel it is time to share some thoughts.

Bioshock 2 was a great game. It was easy to play on it’s hardest setting and with the vita-chambers turned off for an added score. With the way it ended, I feel it may leave Rapture for the next one, and this is a great idea to keep the game current. A lot of people were mad that new art work was scrapped and that this was basically a rehash. I feel it was a bad ass one, but moving on would be the best option here.

I got around to Assassin’s Creed 2 and enjoyed it. They broke the mundane structure of the first one, and while it did get tedious, it was simply because it was a long game. This is not a bad thing in my book. This game was another one that left me feeling like the next would take place in modern or future times. However, I have learned it will not. The next one will be do out in a years time and feature the same protagonist in the past. Bad idea. They had an opportunity for what I feel to have been a bad ass game.

Lastly, Bad Company 2 is the first time I ever felt like a game was a PC game on a console without having been a PC release first. Bottom line, get it!

Reddit Users Suck, and Bioware is Shady

I recently rented Mass Effect 2 for my Xbox 360, and I learned that I would not be getting any of the free DLC for the game. When you purchase the game, you get a code to join the Cerberus Network. If I wanted to do so, it would cost me about $15 worth of MS points. I do not see any purpose for the network other than getting DLC, and making Bioware more money.

There was an article on Reddit which went on to give out promo codes you get when buying Dr. Peppper for free DLC. I tried it, and I found out that once again, I am not going to get any free DLC because of Cerberus. People’s reaction there makes no sense to me.

If it is just a few bucks, than why don’t these people spend the $1.50 on a Dr. Pepper, and how can nobody see that this could be the beginning of a trend in video games? They could ship games with a good portion of it missing to stifle used game sales and rentals.

UFC 2009 Undisputed & Punch-Out!! Wii

Last night I picked up 2 new games. UFC 2009 Undisputed for my 360, and Punch-Out!! for my Wii.

I was afraid that the UFC game would be as hard as the last one I played back on the Dreamcast, and after my first two matches on-line with a friend, I thought this to be the case. However, I came back and won the next 3 matches. There are a lot of different moves to remember, and the controls take a little getting used to. After my 5 on-line matches, I decided to create a fighter and go through the career. I won all of my first 4 matches, but all by either KO or TKO. I was trying to get a submission, but I have not had any luck doing so. I unlocked 3 achievements during my sessions last night.

Ultimate Knockout: From the gassed state, KO an opponent in any mode.I got this by miraculously taking down “Rampage” Jackson while I was getting my ass kicked.

Ultimate Highlights: Dominate the opponent in all 3 scenes of a replay segment. This is self explanatory. I did this in the career.

Wanted: Flying Mouthpieces: Mouth piece travels more than 3 meters when knocked out. I landed a devastating blow to knock out one of my opponents. I caught him in the mouth with a nice counter punch as his punch just missed.

I threw a little Punch-Out!! in the mix. I only got through the first circuit, and I was really pleased with the motion controls. I didn’t seem to skip a beat. However, I don’t have the balance board to use for dodging. It look a little bit to remember the game mechanics from previous versions, but one I got the hang of it, I was drawing stars and dodging punches. The Disco Kid, who is a new character for this version, beat me the first time around. I then realized that I had to wait a little while before I dodged his punches, and that I needed to dodge in certain directions.